Report 4

A driving personality makeover is an interminable 4 step cycle that involves rigid self-examination and behavior modification, as a way of enhancing and strengthening your life, community and environment.

All that it entails is:

(1) Learn to become aware of your behavioral shortcomings.

(2) Identify these behaviors.

(3) Set up a strategy for improving these behaviors.

(4)Practice these strategies until the behavior has been modified.

This definition was generated from Ron Agarpao (G3a)who states that "the driving personality makeover is an attempt to modify one's bad driving behavior t o a better one." As to which he elaborates this negative driving behavior as "..almost like a beast within that becomes awaken while behind the wheel of a vehicle.", Joleen Lai (G1),who views a driving personality makeover as a way to improve on our self -actualization andNancee Aki (G2)who defines a driving personality makeover as a three step process, which consists of "recognizing the problem or fault, analyzing both the internal and external factors that a driver may experience an d lastly, altering our driving behavior to become a more positive, safe and conscientious self-actualized person."

There are numerous psychological concepts that correlate with a driving personality make-over. They may be incorporated according to the 4 step cycle of a driving personality makeover. Step 1, which is to learn to become aware of your behavioral shortco mings, could relate to transpersonal psychology becuase it centers around developing an awareness of your inner thoughts, feelings and actions in relation to your internal workings and your external environment. Step 2, which is, to identify behavioral s hortcomings, could relate to Piaget's moral development because it involves how people come to define right and wrong according to their thinking and society's thinking. This form of psychology may help people pinpoint their behavioral shortcomings. Step 3 and step 4, which involves strategies to modify behavioral shortcomings and accomplishing its modification, can correlate with behavioral psychology because behavioral psychology uses techniques such as positive and negative reinforcers, aversion, extin ction, etc.(for more intricate information on related psychological concepts view Ron Agarpao's (G3a)homepage.


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